Scope and Content Note

The series consists of audiovisual material relating to or created by Mari Evans from
1968-2003. The earliest audio and video recordings are from Evans' television show,
The Black Experience, which was a weekly public access television show
that highlighted African Americans that ran from 1969-1973. The series also contains
significant audio and visual recording from Evans' Daybreak Project,
which was to be a television program highlighting Black women writers. The Daybreak
material in this series includes the outtakes from the Margaret Walker episode, which
was called "We Have Been Called Believers."

This series also includes a variety of recorded television shows, live programs, and
recordings of Evans' work such as her dramatic musical River of My Song.
Recordings of events Evans attended and interviews of Evans are also included.File
titles were taken directly from the original labels.This series consists of one
unprocessed floppy disk.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in alphabetical order. The titles of the audiovisual content are taken
directly from the original labels.